The treaty signed at Port-au-Prince reduced the remaining indemnity owed by Haiti to 60 million francs and set a long repayment schedule. It confirmed Haitian sovereignty in formal diplomatic terms while preserving a debt imposed as the price of recognition. The reduction did not turn the arrangement into reparations from France; it maintained a financial burden on the formerly enslaved population and state.
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What happened to Haiti’s indemnity under the 1838 treaty?
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The treaty reduced the remaining balance but retained Haiti’s debt obligation.
The 1838 France-Haiti treaty cancelled the remaining indemnity.
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It reduced the remaining balance to 60 million francs but retained the debt.